Car-door.



J. FOYEN.

GAR DOOR.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 27, 1908.

Patented Apr. 11,1911.

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JAMES FOYEN, OF DULUTH, MINNESOTA.

CAR-DOOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 11, 1911.

Application filed August 27, 1908. Serial No. 450,569.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES FOYEN, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Duluth, in the county of St. Louis and State ofMinnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Doors, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to improvements in car doors and pertains moreparticularly to what is known as grain doors.

The object of my invention is to provide a grain door of this charactermade in two sections, and so arranged and constructed that the grain canbe more readily removed from a car.

Another object of my invention is to provide a more simple, cheap andeffective door, the adjustment of which is more readily accomplished.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of myimproved grain door applied to a car. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectionalview taken on the line 11 of Fig. 1, showing in dotted lines the doorswung upwardly. Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of one of theadjustable end hasps.

Referring now to the drawings, 1 represents the side of an ordinary carhaving the usual opening 2 closed by a door. The upper sill of the doorframe is provided with brackets 3 in which is mounted the bail 4 whichis adapted to swing within the brackets 3.

5 represents the upper section of my improved door which may beconstructed of any desired form of material, and which is provided atits edges with the brackets 6 into which are turned the ends 7 of thebail 4. The said turned ends 7 of the bail 4 are loosely mounted in thebrackets 6 and thus allow the door to assume its vertical position uponthe swinging of the bail. The upper section 5 of the door does notextend to the lower sill 8 of the door frame but a distance .therefromleaving a space below the lower end of the section 5.

The lower sill 8 of the door frame is provided at opposite sides withstaples 9 upon which is mounted a Z-shaped section 10 forming the lowerportion of the door. By this arrangement it will be seen that section 10is adapted to swing outwardly and assume the position shown in dottedlines in Fig. 2 when the car door has to be opened for removing thegrain. When in this position it will be seen that this lower section ofthe door protects the sill 8 of the door frame and forms a support for agang plank as will be readily understood. The upper in wardly turnededge of the section 10 engages the extended portion 12 of the section 5limiting the inward movement of the sald section 10. Carried by thelower edge of the section 5 is a hasp 13 which passes over a staple 14carried by the section 10, and which looks the two sections together.

The sides of the door frame are provided with hasps 15, which areembedded in the frame, so that when the section 10 is swung downwardlythe said hasp will be flush with the door frame and thus out of the wayduring the unlocking of the car. The hasps when swung inwardly pass overthe staple 16 carried by the section 10 and are locked together by thepins 17 The lower end of the member 10 being held by the staples 9, thesides by the hasps 15 and the upper edge by the hasp 13, it will be seenthat the lower section is rigidly held in its closed position. Thestaples 9 are surrounded by washers 18, upon which the section 10 restsand prevents the swinging of the section 10 from wearing the sill 8.

The lower edge of the upper section 5 is cut at an angle as indicated at19 and covered with metal to prevent wearing by contact with the upperedge 11 of the section 10. The inner face of the hasp 13 is providedwith a horizontal wedge-shaped beading 20, which impinges the upper edge11 ofthe lower section 10 and forces the section 10 down, so as to forma tight joint with the sill 8.

The upper section 5 carries the hooks 21 at each side, which are adaptedto enter eyes 22 carried by the sides of the door frame whereby saidsection is locked in its closed position. The said hooks are secured tothe section 5 by means of screw eye-bolts 23, having a crank nut 24 onthe inside of the section. By this construction it will be seen thatafter the hooks 21 are hooked into the. eyes 22 the crank nuts 2& arescrewed up firmly locking the section 5. in its closed position. Thebrackets 6 asshown in Fig. 1, are carried by the section 5 above thecentral line thereof whereby the section 5 will always assume a verticalposition. The sides of the door frame are provided with downwardlyswinging brackets 25 and when the door or upper section 5 is swungupwardly as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, the lower end 12 of thesection is adapted to catch the brackets 25, and the door is supportedin practically a horizontal position.

The door being locked in position as shown in full lines in Figs. 1 and2, and the car being filled with grain would prevent the upper section 5from being swung inwardly and upwardly. In order to remove the grainfrom the car, the hasps 13 and 15 are swung upwardly and outwardlyrespectively, when the pressure ofthe grain on the section 10 would tendto force the same outwardly, whereby the grain could be removed throughthe space previously occupied. by the section 10. VVhen' sufficientgrain is removed to relieve the pressure from the section 5, the hooks21 are released and the section 5 can then be swung inwardly. andupwardly on the bail 1 as shown in dotted lines.

If it is desired a number of brackets 25 can be arranged at differentheights along the sides of the door frame, wherebythe upper section canbe set at any. angle desired.

Having thus fully described my invention, what is claimed as new, is:

1-. The combination with the door frame of a grain car, of a doorcomposed of an upper section swingingly supported by the upper end ofthe door frame, and having a beveled lower end, a lower sectionsupported bythe door sill and having a horizontal upper end adapted toengage the lower end of the upper section, a hasp carried by the uppersection and locking the two sections together, said hasp having ahorizontal wedge shaped beading beveled lower end of the upper sectionand the horizontal portion of the lower section, whereby the lowersection is forced downwardly against the door sill.

2. The combination with the door frame of a grain car, of a doorcomposed of an upper section swingingly supported by the upper end, ofthe door frame, means for locking the section in, a vertical position, alower z-shaped section having its horizontal lower end swinginglysupported by the door sill in such a position, that when the same isswung outwardly it covers the outer edge of the door sill and extendsdownwardly parallel with. the side of'the same, means caradapted topassbetween the.

ried bythe lower end of the upper section for locking the lower sectionthereto.

3. The combination with the door frame of a grain car, of a doorcomposed of an upper section, a bail carried by the upper end of thedoor frame and having its lower ends pivotally connected to the sectionabove a central line, means for locking the section in a verticalposition, the lower end of the section being beveled, a flange carriedby the upper section and extending below the beveled end, a lowerZ-shaped: sect-ion swingingly supported by staples. to the door sill,the upper end of said section engaging the flange of the upper section,a hasp carried by the lower end of the upper section and locking thelower section, toa wedge shaped beading carried by the inner face of thehasp and: wedging between, the beveled lower end of the upper sectionand the upper end of the lower sectio-n,hasps carried by the sides ofthe door frame for locking the ends of the lower section thereto, andbrackets carried by the sides of the door frame for engaging andsupporting the upper section in its adjusted position.

1. The combination. with. the door frame of a car, of a door composed ofan upper section having a beveled lower end, a bail pivotally supportedby the upper end of the door and having its lower end pivotallyconnected to the outer face of the section above a central point, alower section pivotally carried by the door sill and having a horizontalupper end adapted toengagethe lower end of the upper section, a haspcarried by the upper section and locking the two sections together, saidhasp having. a horizontal wedge-shaped beading adapted to pass betweenthe lower beveled end of the upper section and. the horizontal portionof the lower section, and a pivoted member carried by the sides of thedoor frame and adapted to swing inwardly under the lower end of theupper section when the same is raised vertically and support it in itsadjusted position.

5. The combination with the door frame of a grain car, of a doorcomposed of an upper section, a bail pivoted tothe upper end of theframe, and having its lower-ends pivotally connected to the uppersection above acentral line, means carried by the door. frame forengaging-the sides of the section and locking it in a vertical position,the lower end. of the section being beveled, a flange carried by theupper section and extending below the beveled end, a lower Z-shapedsection swingingly supported by staples to the door-silha hasp carriedby the lower end of the upper section and, locking the lower section, awedge-shaped beading carried by the inner face of the hasp and wedgingbetween the lower end of the upupper section in its upward horizontalpoper section and the upper end of the lower sit-ion. 10 section, haspscarried by the sides of the In testimony whereof I afiix my signaturedoor frame for locking the ends of the lower in presence of twowitnesses.

section thereto, brackets carried by the sides JAMES FOYEN. of the doorframe for engaging the end of Witnesses:

the upper section and supporting it in its NORMAN E. LAWLAND,

adjusted position and means for holding the S. GEO. STEVEN.

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